HP#1
Politics & Law
Herbert Pottle
1907–2002Canadian judge and politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador
3 famous people were born in Flatrock
At the top of the list is the Canadian judge and politician Herbert Pottle, covered in 2 languages. Close behind are Kevin Parsons and Kevin Parsons Sr.. Just 18 km away, St. John's’ list holds 267 names, Percy Hynes White the best known. Herbert Pottle (1907) and Kevin Parsons (1961) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Herbert Pottle
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1907
Herbert Pottle
Youngest
1961
Kevin Parsons
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Flatrock
All three are leaders.
KP#2
Politics & Law
Kevin Parsons
1961–2024Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
KS#3
Politics & Law
Kevin Parsons Sr.
1930–2013Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Flatrock
Who is the most famous person from Flatrock?
Herbert Pottle (Canadian judge and politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Kevin Parsons and Kevin Parsons Sr..
What is Flatrock known for?
100% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Flatrock?
Herbert Pottle, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from Flatrock?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Flatrock’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Percy Hynes White: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).